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tilbury

UK/ˈtɪlbəɹi/

tilbury noun: a small open two-wheeled carriage.

Noun

tilbury (plural tilburies)

  1. (historical) A small open two-wheeled carriage.
    • Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital
    • If she was jocular, he used to revolve her jokes in his mind, and explode over them half an hour afterwards in the street, to the surprise of the groom in the tilbury […]1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in Vanity Fair
  2. (obsolete, slang) Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort).

Proper noun capitalized: Tilbury

Tilbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tilburys)

  1. A town and port in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ639761).
  2. A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

tilbury meaning in Bengali

tilbury in Bengali

সিক্সপেন্স

Forms of tilbury

Noun
pluraltilburies
Proper noun
pluralTilburys
alternative formTilby

Origin of tilbury

From Tilbury (“surname of the inventor”).

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Words formed from tilbury

Questions about tilbury

What does tilbury mean?
Tilbury means a small open two-wheeled carriage.
What is tilbury in Bengali?
Tilbury in Bengali is সিক্সপেন্স. See Tilbury meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tilbury?
Tilbury can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tilbury?
Tilbury is pronounced /ˈtɪlbəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of tilbury?
The plural of tilbury is tilburies.

Words near tilbury in the dictionary

  1. Tilba Tilba
  2. Tilbrook
  3. tilbroquinol
  4. Tilburg
  5. tilburies
  6. tilbury
  7. Tilburys
  8. Tilbuster
  9. Tilby
  10. Tilbys
  11. tilda

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